Dear Friend,

You can hear the alpacas' piercing screams before you even enter the shearing
yard.

At a facility in Peru, PETA investigators found workers roughly slamming the
terrified animals—some pregnant—onto tables to shear them. The alpacas cry out
as their legs are nearly wrenched from their sockets by a crude restraint device
reminiscent of a medieval torture rack. Shearers quickly and carelessly set to
work cutting off their coats—leaving some with deep, painful wounds.

PETA's landmark exposé of the world's largest privately owned alpaca farm shows
how frightened alpacas were being horrifically abused—all for a sweater, a
scarf, or a ball of yarn. We're doing all that we can to stop this misery—and
today, you have a great chance to give that vital work a real boost.

Please make your gift of just $3 or more to PETA's "Save Our Skin" Matching-Gift Challenge before
the July 10 deadline. Every dollar will be matched, up to our $250,000 goal!

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A groundbreaking new PETA investigation is revealing the suffering behind items
made from alpaca fleece.

PETA exposed the plight of animals at a farm owned by the world's largest
exporter of alpaca tops and yarn. There, defenseless alpacas screamed, spit,
and vomited in fear as they were grabbed by their sensitive ears and slammed
onto a table.

Alpacas are prey animals who fear that they're about to be killed when they're
restrained—leaving them terrified when workers did just that in order to shear
them for their wool. They worked quickly, leaving many with bloody wounds that
they crudely stitched up, without adequate pain relief. One alpaca's eyelid was
apparently severed during the ordeal.

When they're no longer wanted for their coats, many will be slaughtered for
food.

Your donation of $3 or more right now will help us do more to stop cruelty and violence in the
global skins industry—and every dollar will be doubled, pushing us closer to our
goal.

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It's been little more than a week since The New York Times first shared PETA's latest undercover investigation with the world. Esprit is
moving to phase out alpaca after talks with PETA. Gap Inc.—owner of Banana
Republic, Athleta, and others—and H&M Group cut ties with the supplier that
operates that farm as well.

With each passing day, our campaign's momentum is growing, and it's more
critical than ever that we seize this moment to stop the trade in alpaca fleece.
More than 100,000 kind people have joined our call for retailer Anthropologie to
ditch alpaca wool in favor of more animal-friendly material. We won't give up
until the wool stolen from abused alpacas is no longer found on store shelves.

Please, make your gift to the "Save Our Skin" challenge today—your support will
go twice as far for alpacas and other animals who are being abused for their
fur, skin, or feathers.

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